Nishiyamazuka Kofun

Tenri, Japan

Freely accessible

Public space — no opening hours to check.

Strollie cannot guarantee access — always check before you travel.

Nishiyamazuka Kofun is a zenpō-kōen-fun (keyhole-shaped burial mound) located in Tenri, Nara Prefecture, Japan, and dates to around 600 CE. The zenpō-kōen-fun form—characterized by a rectangular front section and circular rear mound—was a distinctive mortuary architecture of the Kofun period, representing a significant development in Japanese monumental burial practice.